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4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast
Despite warnings of life-threatening storm surges ahead of the storm, several major routes along the coast were op…
Guard strangled at Wash. prison
MONROE, Wash. (AP) - A corrections officer who had raised concerns about being the sole guard in the chapel of a Washington state prison was strangled there over the weekend, and an inmate serving a life sentence i…
Mom charged in kids' slayings treated at hospital
TAMPA, Fla. - The woman who authorities say killed her teenage daughter and son because she was fed up with them talking back and being mouthy did not appear i…
An uncertain future after jobless benefits expire
LAS VEGAS - The portraits of his dead father are among the few mementoes Bud Meyers is certain he will take with him when he is forced from his home of five ye…
Wyoming appeals in case on Yellowstone snowmobiles
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) - The state of Wyoming and others are appealing a ruling that blocked them from suing the federal government over snowmobile limits in Yellowstone National Park.
Bison relocation suffers setback
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A group of wild bison was returned to Yellowstone National Park on Friday in a setback to a fledgling program that allowed the animals into parts of Montana where bison had long been prohibit…
Teacher, six astronauts died in explosion
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Hundreds gathered at NASA's launch site Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, receiving words of hope from the widow of the space shuttle's commander.
Military prepares for end of gay ban
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military training to apply the new law allowing gays to serve openly will begin in February and will move quickly, senior Pentagon leaders said Friday.
Social Security deficits keep getting worse
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sick and getting sicker, Social Security will run at a deficit this year and keep on running in the red until its trust funds are drained by about 2037, congressional budget experts said Wednesday…
Obama: Unite and win
WASHINGTON - Pleading for unity in a newly divided government, President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision o…
Oregon police officer shot
WALDPORT, Ore. (AP) - A picturesque town along the Oregon coast spent a second anxious day under a near lockdown as rifle-toting, camouflaged police searched f…
Court will hear Emanuel appeal
CHICAGO - Illinois' highest court agreed Tuesday to decide whether Rahm Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor, and justices ordered election officials not to print any ballots without his name until they rule on the ca…
2011 Academy Awards 'The King's Speech' grabs 12 nominations
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Queen Elizabeth II's dad, Albert - the gentle, stammering Duke of York - never was meant to be king. And from Hollywood's early honors …
Is the U.S. in good hands with President Obama in charge?
Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, 96, dies at his California home
MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) - Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron decades before exercise became a national obsession, has died at age 96.
Hawaii law bars release of Obama birth information
HONOLULU - A privacy law that shields birth certificates has prompted Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie to abandon efforts to dispel claims that President Barack Obama was born outside Hawaii, his office says.